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.’ 'ihe chll&?enin Titus r&a attmded tha Bovine school .K&ost lOO$ in'the yea? 1943-44. Iwfact, th0 ~Bovina:achool.ran itg bus in this 8m+ tin-the

1943-44 toma.~ ‘. ' "For'&he&k-45 tern, ~I~e‘chl.ld~eu lUw?ise. ~$tenfi&?ovix.& end we&e **likeylse hauled**  **in the.**  -DooJlla bus.
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t&s tax ix&ter is of eours8" settled,

becauce this land is Included'in~$kMma Imlapende~t.

SchoolDistrict '&uUer.the~consol.idation electionflask year, and the 1945 end follow-. lng yearts tax *ol.ls vEl1 Igclude same in this district,

but the $1356.X7 collected,last year, plus the mount o? approxkately $49.00 tI33t vaa on deposit,plus'dclinquont tax pag;n,ents

that nay bwkmde over futura years, presents a raal problexn to us here, and vu would sipcerely,a~preclate your advfse on,same. "Varioussuggestions have been made:' ' I (A)thatthe funds Ln,the. bank, plus future delinquent.

tax pements, olemly belong to thm 6~vtia distrlct;,clld that the :- him: sh&Ld h'ithout fu&+er authority turn such eds over.to the &wina dis'+ot. (3)~ Mat this'

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.’%he Dew Mexico diatrlct,dfnnppointedti the x&thdraval ofthe Texas sohool from the or3.gi.ns.l Consolidation,

will not co-operateand m&e a ..~vritten.release

on the funds8 but apparentlyis not 'ass&tlng any cl&m thereto. .

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- : : -Opkloh~Do.'0-~~18 of this Departmsnt,.dated'A&il
. 20, 1945, is pertinent to your inquiry. The request for. - .opinionwasmade by IIon. A. D. Wth, Couutp Attornsy of Pamer County,Farvell, Texas. EL3 r6qtiest was as follovst ',

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i I 4 '! '"3 seek yixar opinion reg&dZng tipprox- : .' imately $1800.00 do&lam of school funds belonging ta the Former State LIne'Common School Distrfct. ., 'lfliis school, District was ori@.nallyCommon .School District IJo.6.of this Comty. Under Article 29133 D.C.S. th%s s&o01 district vas . .~ bonsolidated

vlth a schooldistriat inhew f~extco and was knovn asTexas-DevXexico School 7 District PO. 1. This consolidateddistrict oparzted for severalyears aa such. "In'lg43‘thesubject district disregatied - its pact vftn the SZE&e of STcG~ IXextco and was consol'idatscl

vth DWIIIA I~~EFi?XEq~SCEOOL DI3EWX. In ck-k3co 129 Pi3

K-m XstSct Court or" pal-acli? co-@iy3.

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X~c3XiCO School District :,3filed. stit to onjoin this purported comolidntlon. Our District Court held
. : th;ha Ori$nel Pact, Ar$Pcle 2313.Iu~constitu~~~. e.ud upheld the coqnol.i?atioa with 23XEA. 'casevas &pge&l.ed to the &?arillo Court of Civ$l

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"Astmdng tk&&ti& 2913a"lsu&onstl-. tutionalaa held by the Court ofO%vLl~Appaels,,~ .. . the taxes levied by said.district would be un* conntitutloml,.

sZn6e they wexi not.levledby. '. a valid authority. It is our opiniQil:that olily auch'km as have been auth6rizedby-t&s Bovixa. DlstrLotstico thg oa?solgdstio?J of the teruiitory fomorlg a part of .the Texas-13%~

Matico Dlst~lotaud collectedfron the tazqxiyers of' .ssid te&itory, and.torritoi$ of thsorQ$nal -" 1 BovlnaDiatTict,would belong to the Bovine Disti%ct. The taxeo in the ban?c were leviodby' the Tcxcx-XovWcclc~Distpict md &pcmited in the bauk In the nam of'said diatriot. The.benlr, no doubt,has mde a bond in favor of said dintrlct,cozlitfoued on the @'e-X&pin3 of. saia fula, c.ncl

in alI.pmb~?bility would rcfkitio t0 pk?y tb3 EiOilOg tO t?i3 DoYina DlStSiCt UiiLOSS authtwizod

to do SO by the Texas-ilev Ife%100 Mstribt, or by a judgrmzit of a'court of competent jurisdiction. ;. '. "TimAttorucy .Genoml is wltthmt authority ~~I.. ,
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